How to Get Rid of Fleas in Your Home
WouterFleas are parasites that live on warm-blooded mammals, such as humans. Because they can’t survive on human blood, they must feed on animal blood in order to survive. Humans don’t provide enough warmth or nourishment for fleas, and they often choose to bite humans when there isn’t another warm-blooded animal nearby. But that doesn’t mean that fleas are not drawn to humans. If you have a pet, there is a good chance that it has a flea infestation. Here are a few ways to get rid of fleas in your home.
The first step is to thoroughly vacuum your home. Vacuuming regularly will help eliminate the flea population. If you have a pet, you may have immature fleas living in your carpets and on your dog’s coat. You should also treat the wood floors and carpets in your home to keep fleas from returning.
Fleas are small, flat insects that feed on the blood of humans and animals. Their bites can cause itchiness and discomfort and can lead to various diseases. If you’re exposed to fleas, you run the risk of contracting flea-borne diseases, including plague and cat scratch disease.
Although fleas do not live on humans, they can live in human hair and feed on human blood. However, they are not able to reproduce on human blood and need a four-legged host to lay viable eggs. For this reason, most flea bites occur on the legs, ankles, and feet.
